Lerman, Louis Edward, 1894-

Louis Edward Lerman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 4, 1894, the son of Wolfe S. and Fanny N. (Jacobson) Lerman. After brief stints working for the railroad in New York and Ohio, and as a cowboy in Oklahoma, Lerman moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1916 and in the same year married Bertha Helen Licher of St. Paul. The couple had three children.

Blacklisted for joining the union when he worked for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad in New York, Lerman had trouble finding and keeping jobs in the railroad industry. He began a new career as a postal clerk in St. Paul, a job in which he stayed over 34 years, retiring in 1950. During these years Lerman helped organize the first postal clerks union in St. Paul and was elected secretary and legislative chairman. He also helped organize a postal clerks' credit union and was responsible for training over 400 new clerks in the postal laws and regulations.

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